Musket Wars

In the story called A Separate Peace by John Knowles, a boy called Gene caused the accident of his best friend because of jealousy. Later in the story, Gene starts to feel guilt because he made the life of his friend complicated. Is friend called Phineas, isn’t able to enjoy things that he likes because his best friend caused the fracture of his leg, but he doesn’t know that he isn’t able to enjoy the things that he likes because of Gene. Later in the story, Gene tells Finny that what happened to

of them being the discussion of economic repercussions in chapter three along with the idea of greed or grievances causing war in chapter four. These two are fascinating to me as they both deal with economics which appears to be a trending theme throughout this week’s reading assignment. Within chapter three, Ramsbotham et al (2015) discusses several repercussions of war such as death, mortality as it relates to health and well-being, displacement of citizens, property or land damage, and the

When facing a problem that seems to not have an answer right away, people turn to weapons to get their point across, or to result in violence. Violence happens when knives, guns, and other literal weapons are applied to the situation at hand. But, when figurative weapons are applied, like Parks’s camera, it shows true power when looked upon by others. The so called ‘weapons’ are made to create a point, and tell a story of what is going on in the present, which eventually turns into history’s greatest

Similar to the convergence of physical issues, the soldiers had a similar emotional trauma experienced. The mass death that was a consequence of the physical carnage of the war could easily lead to emotional distress due to the nature of death. Consider in All Quiet on the Western Front when the soldiers had to seek protection in a graveyard when “heavy fire” overtook them, what Paul thought about the event described the messed up mental side of the soldiers regarding death (Remarque 65). Primarily

into the war. The most recent incident involving Joseph Kony, rebel leader of the Lords Resistance Army, brainwashing millions of Ugandan children and forcing them to fight in the war. Imagine waking up and going through your daily routine, which has become almost a second nature. It’s normal for me to wake up, eat breakfast and do homework but the routine for child soldiers includes drugs and violence that is unimaginable to people like me who have never been exposed to the atrocities of war. These

people understand where she is coming from when she writes this. For example she writes “There is no room for the idea that Kyle might have been a good soldier but a bad guy; or a mediocre guy doing a difficult job badly; or a complex guy in a bad war who convinced himself he loved killing to cope with an impossible situation; or a straight-up serial killer exploiting an oppressive system that, yes, also employs lots of well-meaning, often impoverished, non-serial-killer people to do oppressive things

The Red Badge of Courage War can force young soldiers to grow up quickly. In The Red Badge of Courage, Henry Fleming is no exception. He enters the war with romanticized ideas of what war is like, and leaves with those ideas very much changed. In the beginning of the book, the author describes Henry’s beliefs about the war. He thinks war is about the glory soldiers receive or dying a hero’s death. As he gets into the first battle, he is suddenly faced with the reality. Passing be dead soldiers and

People can learn a lot from others. Through individuals interacting with each other, they can learn and fully understand one another. They can different views on philosophy and certain situations. In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, one of the protagonists, Gene, fully finds himself by his relationship with Finny. Throughout the book, the reader is constantly reminded that Gene and Finny are polar opposites. Gene is academically gifted, whereas Finny is athletically strong. This is significant

In recent studies and readings of wars, I would agree with the definition of Insurgency for JP 3-24 and FM 3-24.2. I want to focus on the definition part that says to overthrow, force, weaken, or change a government. This is crucial in defining why I support the term insurgency and what it means. In 2013, I was part of Operation Beyond the Horizon (BTH). This is a civil-military mission, which included humanitarian and civic support. In addition, it provides medical, dental, and engineering

some castles would be deliberately destroyed or left unprepared at the outbreak of war with resources and manpower concentrated on a number of key strongholds. This was a common medieval practice, as implemented by Charles VI of France during the Hundred Years War following a survey of his castles by his knights. Although this would not stop an invading army from ravaging the surrounding territories the conquest of a disputed